משתמש:יוסאריאן/ארגז חול/א-דואימה

א-דואימה(ערבית:الدوايمة) היה כפר פלסטיני ששכן כ-18 קילומטרים מצפון מערב לחברון. בשנת 1945 חיו בו 3,710 תושבים ושטחו היה 60,585 דונמים.

המקום זוהה כמקום בו שכנה העיר המקראית בָּצְקַת.

היסטוריה

בסוף המאה ה-19 תואר המקום ככפר

The "core clan" of Al-Dawayima were the Ahdibs, who traced their origin to the Muslim conquest and settlement of Palestine in the seventh century.[3]

In the late nineteenth century, al-Dawayima was described as a village on a high stony ridge that had olive groves beneath it. On a higher ridge to the west stood a shrine that was topped by a white stone.[4]

The people of al-Dawayima were Muslims. They maintained several religious shrines, chief among them the shrine of Shaykh ´Ali. This shrine had a large courtyard, a number of rooms, and one large hall for prayers, and was surrounded by fig and carob trees and cactuses. It attracted visitors from the neighboring villages.[5] A mosque was located in the village center, it was maintained by the followers of al-tariqa al-khalwatiyya, a Sufi mystic order founded by Shaykh Umar al-Khalwati (d.1397)[6] The villagers expanded and renovated the mosque in the 1930s, and added a tall minaret.[5]

By 1944/45 21,191 dunums of village land were allotted to cereals, while 1,206 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.[7][8] [edit] 1948 War and aftermath Main article: al-Dawayima massacre

Al-Dawaymima was captured by Israel's Eighty Ninth Battalion (commanded by Dov Chesis) of the 8th Armored Brigade led by the founder of the Palmach, Yitzhak Sadeh, after Operation Yoav on 29 October 1948. Five days after the start of the truce. It was the site of the al-Dawayima massacre in which 80-100 people were killed including women and children.

The massacre was cited by Yigal Allon as the reason for the halting of the creeping annexation that included Bayt Jibrin, Qubeiba and Tel Maresha.[9]

The Jewish town of Amatzya is located on lands belonging to Al-Dawayima.[10]

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi :

   "The site has been fenced in. A cowshed, a chicken coop, and granaries have been built at its center (which has been leveled). The southern side of the site contains stone terraces and the remnants of a house. The eastern side is occupied by the residential area of the moshav."